Claudio Germinario

Partner of Società Italiana Brevetti (SIB)

Italian and European Patent Attorney, Community Design Attorney

Over 20 years’ experience at the European Patent Office

• Former Member of the Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office in Munich (Germany) in the pharmaceutical-medical field.
• Former substantive Examiner in the biotechnological-pharmaceutical field.

Joined SOCIETA’ ITALIANA BREVETTI (SIB) in 2001 advising major companies on pharmacy , biotechnology and nanotechnology patenting issues.

Member of SIB’s nano-bio team, a multidisciplinary group of experts that deals with drafting, filing and prosecuting patent applications concerning new technologies in the nanotechnology platform.

Enrolled with the Register of Court-Appointed Experts on Industrial Property of the Court of Rome, which is the Italian court with the largest specialised IP section.

Ex-parte patent counsel in patent litigation on behalf of a number of major multinational companies.

Regular contributor to leading international specialised journals, on subjects related to European Patent law and IP protection in ground-breaking technologies.

Lecturer in Italy and abroad on patent issues in the fields of chemistry and biotechnology.